1795 – Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).

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As for myself, I always willingly acknowledge my own self as
the principal cause of every good and of every evil which may
befall me; therefore I have always found myself capable of being my
own pupil, and ready to love my teacher. ~ Giacomo
Casanova

selected by Kalki

2005

If we do discover a complete theory, it should in time be
understandable in broad principle by everyone, not just a few
scientists. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and just
ordinary people, be able to take part in the discussion of the
question of why it is that we and the universe exist. If we find
the answer to that, it would be the ultimate triumph of human
reason — for then we would know the mind of God. ~ Stephen Hawking

proposed by User:Inhuman14

2006

A comedian does funny things. A good comedian does things
funny. ~ Buster
Keaton (born 4 October 1895)

selected by Kalki

2007

Personally I do not resort to force — not even the force of law
— to advance moral reforms. I prefer education, argument,
persuasion, and above all the influence of example — of fashion. ~
Rutherford B. Hayes (born 4 October
1822)

proposed by InvisibleSun

2008

The quicker humanity advances, the more important it is to be
the one who deals the first blow. ~ Ernst Kaltenbrunner (born 4 October
1903)

proposed by Zarbon

2009

The real difficulty is with the vast wealth and power in the
hands of the few and the unscrupulous who represent or control
capital. Hundreds of laws of Congress and the state legislatures
are in the interest of these men and against the interests of
workingmen. These need to be exposed and repealed. All laws on
corporations, on taxation, on trusts, wills, descent, and the like,
need examination and extensive change. This is a government of the
people, by the people, and for the people no longer. It is a
government of corporations, by corporations, and for corporations.
— How is this? ~ Rutherford B. Hayes

proposed by InvisibleSun

2010

Rank or add further
suggestions…

Ranking system:

4 : Excellent - should definitely be
used.

3 : Very Good - strong desire to see it
used.

2 : Good - some desire to see it
used.

1 : Acceptable - but with no particular
desire to see it used.

0 : Not acceptable - not appropriate for
use as a quote of the day.

Suggestions

There is no human law or law of God or national law that states
that any healthy being has to permit the snake to eat the mouse -
but on the other hand, it is perfectly justified to defend the
mouse. ~ Ernst Kaltenbrunner (born October
4)

4 because the underdog will always be protected by law and this
is a great description of that defense, beautifully and morally
personified by the snake and the mouse. Zarbon 05:50, 18 April 2008
(UTC)

1 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC) * 2 Kalki 19:14, 2
October 2008 (UTC) the quote itself is acceptable, but I am not
sure of the context in which Kaltenrunner is using this assertion,
and feel uneasy giving it anything more than a 1 until I know more
about this.

The assertion is a response to someone asking him whether
mankind stands up for itself, and his response to that is that
mankind stands up for the underdog, and interprets the phrase
beautifully with the mouse and snake as a personification. - Zarbon
22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I remain disinclined to rank this any higher than I currently
have, which is the highest you have ranked any other suggestion on
this date, most of which I consider to have far more merit. I
actually used your previous suggestion by Kaltenbrunner last year,
despite my severe distaste for him. In relation to some of the
points of this quote, I would say that sometimes the underdogs are
worthy in many ways which make them worth supporting, or at least
wishing well, but sometimes the underdog is rightfully the
underdog, and remains so, especially when there is plainly a will
to to unjustly oppress others, deceive them or confuse them.
I don't actually rely on even the best of "over-dogs" being
continually magnanimous, or even fair, but sometimes it is far
better that some of the less than perfect ones remain so, than that
they be in any way defeated or replaced by some of the severely
deluded and demented underdogs who lust to be as brutal as they
desire to be. ~ Kalki 00:55, 4 October 2009 (UTC)

2 InvisibleSun 23:14, 3 October 2008 (UTC)

The President of the United States of necessity owes his
election to office to the suffrage and zealous labors of a
political party, the members of which cherish with ardor and regard
as of essential importance the principles of their party
organization; but he should strive to be always mindful of the fact
that he serves his party best who serves the country best. ~ Rutherford
B. Hayes (born October 4, 1822)

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment
of its criminals. ~ Rutherford B. Hayes

3 InvisibleSun 08:49, 3 October 2007 (UTC)

3 Kalki 00:14, 4 October 2007 (UTC) with a lean toward 4.

1 Zarbon 17:42, 22 April 2008 (UTC)

The unrestricted competition so commonly advocated does not
leave us the survival of the fittest. The unscrupulous succeed best
in accumulating wealth.. ~ Rutherford B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Every age has its temptations, its weaknesses, its dangers. Ours
is in the line of the snobbish and the sordid. ~ Rutherford
B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

The melancholy thing in our public life is the insane desire to
get higher. ~ Rutherford B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

I have a talent for silence and brevity. I can keep silent when
it seems best to do so, and when I speak I can, and do usually,
quit when I am done. This talent, or these two talents, I have
cultivated. Silence and concise, brief speaking have got me some
laurels, and, I suspect, lost me some. No odds. Do what is natural
to you, and you are sure to get all the recognition you are
entitled to. ~ Rutherford B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

For honest merit to succeed amid the tricks and intrigues which
are now so lamentably common, I know is difficult; but the honor of
success is increased by the obstacles which are to be surmounted.
Let me triumph as a man or not at all. ~ Rutherford
B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean
toward 4.

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

General education is the best preventive of the evils now most
dreaded. In the civilized countries of the world, the question is
how to distribute most generally and equally the property of the
world. As a rule, where education is most general the distribution
of property is most general.... As knowledge spreads, wealth
spreads. To diffuse knowledge is to diffuse wealth. To give all an
equal chance to acquire knowledge is the best and surest way to
give all an equal chance to acquire property. ~ Rutherford
B. Hayes

3 Kalki 21:55, 3 October 2009 (UTC) with a very strong lean
toward 4.

1 Zarbon 22:56, 3 October 2009 (UTC)

Disunion and civil war are at hand; and yet I fear disunion and
war less than compromise. We can recover from them. The free States
alone, if we must go on alone, will make a glorious nation. ~ Rutherford
B. Hayes

3 Kalki 01:11, 4 October 2009 (UTC) with a slight lean toward
4, but willing to trim this to the first sentence if others prefer
that form.

1795 - Napoleon Bonaparte first rises to national prominence with a "Whiff of Grapeshot", using cannon to suppress armed counter-revolutionary rioters threatening the French Legislature (National Convention).

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